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News: 1000-year-old Viking shield found in Denmark
A late-10th century shield made of fir was found in Denmark some 60 miles west of Copenhagen, near what the article calls Viking-Age 'castles'.
Podcast - In Our Time: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011jvlt
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.In the first week of 1066 the English king, Edward the Confessor, died. A young nobleman, Harold Godwinson, claimed that Edward had…
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Stamford Bridge.In the first week of 1066 the English king, Edward the Confessor, died. A young nobleman, Harold Godwinson, claimed that Edward had…
Tjängvide (I) Picture Stone from Gotland
Tjängvide I (G 110) dates from c.700-800 AD and is now on display at Statens historiska museum in Stockholm. It is one of several Gotlandic picture stones with similar motifs; a ship under sail below and a scene that appears to be a welcome to…
Battle of Fulford - 20 September 1066
A website with information about surveys of the area of the Battle of Fulford which immediately preceded the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
The Viking Answer Lady
The Viking Answer Lady is a popular website that began life as a series of articles for the newsletter of the Barony of Bjornsborg, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It includes articles on many aspects of the Vikings.
Round Shields and Martial Practices of the Viking Age
From the website: 'The aim of this research project is thus to assess the extent to which the round shield can illuminate Viking Age martial practices. More specifically, the research employs a practice approach towards understanding Viking Age…
Forging a Viking Age Shield Boss
The following clip shows an attempt at reconstructing a Viking Age shield boss (type R564). The purpose of the forging was to better understand the various steps involved in shield boss construction processes by experimental archaeology.
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The Ytri-Ásar Sword
The Ytri-Ásar sword was found by hunters at Ytri-Ásar in southern Iceland in 2016. It is being conserved now and was on display briefly when this photograph was taken.
Det vikingatida bågskyttet i Birka – ett exempel på en framstående stridskonst med främmande inslag
'This paper deals with archery in the Viking Age settlement of Birka and in particular the presence of Euro Asiatic, steppe nomadic archery equipment at the Birka Garrison and one Birka grave.'
The Vendel XIV Helmet
A helmet in the museum at Gamla Uppsala
Article: The Viking Sieges of Paris
An article about the Viking sieges of Paris in the ninth century.
Hilt of the Busdorf Sword
Hilt of the one from three swords, which were found in Busdorf (Germany) situated in the west of Hedeby. This sword belong to the type S according to Petersen classification (Petersen J. 1919. De Norske Vikingesverd. En typologisk-kronologisk studie…
Torslunda helmet plate
Die for making plates to decorate helmets found at Torslunda on Öland, Sweden. It features two warriors in decorated tunics, wearing boar-crested helmets, and carrying spears and swords. The leading figure has a ring-sword indicating that he is of…
Bredøkser med messingbeslag
The Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo has six axes with bronze fittings on their shafts in its collections. The axes all date from the last part of the Viking Age, and there are photographs of them in the museum's online collections.
Video - kopiering av Langeidøksa
A video that shows the process of making a reconstruction of the Langeid axe. A shorter videos shows the same but in English.
Performance of the Battle of Maldon by Leofwin
A Viking Army under Olaf Trygvasson had been raiding the eastern and southern coast of England in the summer of 991AD unmolested until Byrhtnoth, with the men of Essex, cornered it on Northey Island, near Maldon in August. The two armies faced each…
Forged Vlfberht Swords
An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as…
Viking Swords in Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo
A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.
Vendel and Valsgärde Helmets on Pinterest
A Pinterest page for photographs of the Vendel and Valsgärde helmets.
Viking Battle Formations
A discussion of the probable reality of Viking battle formations and a comparison of that reality with depictions in film and on television.